Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 44

PdP 2 44.1

सुकलोवाच- स्वसैन्यं दुर्धरं दृष्ट्वा निर्जितं दुर्धरेण तम् । चुकोप भूपतिः क्रूरं दुःसहं शूकरं प्रति

sukalovāca- svasainyaṃ durdharaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirjitaṃ durdhareṇa tam | cukopa bhūpatiḥ krūraṃ duḥsahaṃ śūkaraṃ prati

Sukala said: Seeing his own hard-to-restrain army defeated by that hard-to-restrain (beast), the king grew enraged against the cruel, unbearable boar.

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PdP 2 44.2

धनुरादाय वेगेन बाणं कालानलोपमम् । तस्याभिमुखमेवासौ हयेनाभिससार सः

dhanurādāya vegena bāṇaṃ kālānalopamam | tasyābhimukhamevāsau hayenābhisasāra saḥ

Swiftly taking up his bow and an arrow like the fire of doomsday, he charged with his horse straight toward it.

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PdP 2 44.3

स यदा नृपतिं हयपृष्ठगतं वरपौरुषयुक्तममित्रहणम् । परिपश्यति शूकरयूथपतिः प्रगतोभिमुखं रणभूमितले

sa yadā nṛpatiṃ hayapṛṣṭhagataṃ varapauruṣayuktamamitrahaṇam | paripaśyati śūkarayūthapatiḥ pragatobhimukhaṃ raṇabhūmitale

When the lord of the boar-herd saw the king, mounted on horseback, endowed with the highest manliness, slayer of foes, coming toward him on the field of battle—

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PdP 2 44.4

निशितेन शरेण हतो हि यदा नृपतेर्हयपादतले प्रगतः । तमिहैव विलंघ्य च वेगमनाः प्रखरेण जवेन च कोलवरः

niśitena śareṇa hato hi yadā nṛpaterhayapādatale pragataḥ | tamihaiva vilaṃghya ca vegamanāḥ prakhareṇa javena ca kolavaraḥ

When, struck by a sharp arrow, he had come right up beneath the feet of the king's horse, then that best of boars, his mind bent on speed, leaping over it right there with keen swiftness and rush—

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PdP 2 44.5

व्यथितस्तुरगः सकिरिःकिटिना न हि याति क्षितौ स हि विद्धगतिः । तुरगः पतितो भुवि तुंडहतो लघुस्यंदनमेव गतो नृपतिः

vyathitasturagaḥ sakiriḥkiṭinā na hi yāti kṣitau sa hi viddhagatiḥ | turagaḥ patito bhuvi tuṃḍahato laghusyaṃdanameva gato nṛpatiḥ

The horse, tormented by the tusker with its tusks, could not move upon the ground, its going pierced through; struck by the snout the horse fell to the earth, and the king took to a light chariot.

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PdP 2 44.6

स हि गर्जति शूकरजातिरवैरथसंस्थितकोशल येन जवैः । गदया निहतः किल भूपतिना रणमध्यगतः स हि यूथपतिः

sa hi garjati śūkarajātiravairathasaṃsthitakośala yena javaiḥ | gadayā nihataḥ kila bhūpatinā raṇamadhyagataḥ sa hi yūthapatiḥ

He roars indeed with the roars of the boar-kind, O Kosala (king) stationed in the chariot, by whose rushes—that herd-lord, come into the middle of the battle, was struck down by the king with a mace.

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PdP 2 44.7

परित्यज्य तनुं च स्वकां हि तदा गत एव हरेर्गृहमेव वरम्

parityajya tanuṃ ca svakāṃ hi tadā gata eva harergṛhameva varam

And then, abandoning his own body, he went indeed to the excellent abode of Hari.

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PdP 2 44.8

कृत्वा हि युद्धं समरे हितेन राज्ञा समं शूकरराजराजः । पपात भूमौ च हतो यदा तु ववर्षिरे देववराः सुपुष्पैः

kṛtvā hi yuddhaṃ samare hitena rājñā samaṃ śūkararājarājaḥ | papāta bhūmau ca hato yadā tu vavarṣire devavarāḥ supuṣpaiḥ

Having made war in battle together with the well-disposed king, the king of boar-kings fell to the ground; and when he was slain, the foremost gods rained down fine flowers.

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PdP 2 44.9

तस्योर्ध्वगः पुष्पचयः सुजातः संतानकानामिव सौरभश्च । सकुंकुमैश्चंदनवृष्टिमेव कुर्वंति देवाः परितुष्यमाणाः

tasyordhvagaḥ puṣpacayaḥ sujātaḥ saṃtānakānāmiva saurabhaśca | sakuṃkumaiścaṃdanavṛṣṭimeva kurvaṃti devāḥ parituṣyamāṇāḥ

Above him rose a well-formed heap of flowers, fragrant as the santānaka blossoms; and the gods, greatly pleased, made a rain of sandal-paste mixed with saffron.

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PdP 2 44.10

विमृश्यमानः स हि तेन राज्ञा चतुर्भुजः सोपि बभूव राजन् । दिव्यांबरोभूषणदिव्यरूपः स्वतेजसा भाति दिवाकरो यथा

vimṛśyamānaḥ sa hi tena rājñā caturbhujaḥ sopi babhūva rājan | divyāṃbarobhūṣaṇadivyarūpaḥ svatejasā bhāti divākaro yathā

Regarded (with favour) by that king, he too, O king, became four-armed, of divine form with divine garments and ornaments, shining by his own splendour like the sun.

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PdP 2 44.11

दिव्येन यानेन दिवं गतो यदा सुपूज्यमानः सुरराजदेवैः । गंधर्वराजः स बभूव भूयः पूर्वं स्वकं कायमिहैव हित्वा

divyena yānena divaṃ gato yadā supūjyamānaḥ surarājadevaiḥ | gaṃdharvarājaḥ sa babhūva bhūyaḥ pūrvaṃ svakaṃ kāyamihaiva hitvā

When he went to heaven by a divine vehicle, well honoured by the gods and the king of gods, he became furthermore a king of gandharvas, having left his former body right here.

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